Russia was a slave in Europe but would be a master in Asia.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.

People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

Luck which so often defies anticipation in matrimonial affairs, giving attraction to what is moderate rather than to what is superior.

I mean that if you are not absolutely sure of a thing, it is so difficult to commit yourself to a definite course of action.

The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.

No doubt the world is entirely an imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world.

If you're not into Metal - you are not my friend!

I love art. But I love it because it is the expression of a living philosophy. It's the leftovers. Art is what's left over from life.

My inspiration is life. My family, my friends, travelling, books, music, love, food, fashion. What inspires you?

Stefan G. Bucher is a man possessed.

Martin Luther King was never an up close and personal figure in the United States.

Look Upon Every Experience You've Ever Had ... as Having Been Sent to You for Your Benefit